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Redacted Review - Prison Break

You wouldn't know just from looking at it--with its vivid, comic book-esque art style and irreverent punk-rock tone--but Redacted (officially styled as [REDACTED]) actually takes place in the same ...

Tech - GameSpot - October 28

Asylum hotel rioter dies in prison

Peter Lynch was serving two year and eight months after pleading guilty to violent disorder

Stephen Bannon, Released From Prison, Says He Is ‘Empowered’

Mr. Bannon, the combative right-wing strategist, said if Trump’s vote totals on Election Day look like 2020, he should once again declare himself the winner.

Top stories - The New York Times - October 29

Alone in the Dark: The Nightmare of Bangladesh’s Secret Underground Prison

In the House of Mirrors, political captives were pushed to the brink of insanity and death. Some are telling their stories now that the woman who put them there, Sheikh Hasina, is gone.

World - The New York Times - October 17

Lynette White murderer to be released from prison

Jeffrey Gafoor will be released on licence after serving 21 years in prison for the brutal killing.

Paul Whelan describes 'torture' of Russian prison

Former Marine Paul Whelan described the “torture” he endured while being held captive in a Russian prison for years. “The Russian government wanted to put pressure on the United States by treating ...

Politics - The Hill - October 20

How Aleksei Navalny’s Prison Diaries Got Published

In his posthumous memoir, compiled with help from his widow, Yulia Navalnaya, Navalny faced the fact that Vladimir Putin might succeed in silencing him. The book will keep “his legacy alive,” ...

Top stories - The New York Times - October 21

Ex-Tory Gauke to lead review of prison sentences

Sir Keir Starmer is to appoint former Tory justice secretary to lead a review of prison sentencing.

More prisoners freed early to ease overcrowding

Some 1,100 prisoners will be released as ministers launch a review of sentencing that could see new types of punishment outside of jails.

Alabama Prison Labor Program Faces Legal Challenges

A work-release program for Alabama prisoners provides labor for corporations and income for the state. Lawsuits are challenging its constitutionality.

Business - The New York Times - October 26

Israeli prison staff accused of assaulting Marwan Barghouti

Prominent Palestinian detainee, a former high-ranking member of Fatah party, attacked in his cell, say rights groups. Middle East crisis – live updates Palestinian prisoner rights ...

World - The Guardian - October 28

Escaped prisoner fooled staff with pumpkin in bed

He used a pumpkin and boiler suit to fool prison staff into thinking he was asleep when he escaped.

Steve Bannon Is Out of Prison and Spreading Lies Online

Within hours of being freed from a low-security prison where he’d been serving time on contempt charges, the MAGA architect was rallying his troops on a Rumble stream.

Tech - Wired - October 29

"Tiger King" Joe Exotic announces prison engagement

Joe Exotic, made famous in the Netflix series "Tiger King" and currently serving time in federal prison, says he is engaged to a fellow inmate in Texas and hopes to get married.

Florida's convicted killer clown released from prison

A woman who pleaded guilty to dressing as a clown and in 1990 murdering the wife of a man she later married has been released from a Florida prison.

'Prison turned me into an award-winning artist'

Leeds-based Kevin Devonport says his life spiralled into criminality after leaving the Army.

Ukraine and Russia clash over prisoners of war

World - Yahoo News - 5 days ago

High-security prison 'like an airport' for drones

Inmates are burning holes in cell windows to allow in the drones in at the prison, inspectors say.

Prison stocks jump on expectations of more detentions

Shares of GEO Group and CoreCivic surged on Wednesday in expectation that President-elect Donald Trump’s administration will detain more immigrants in facilities run by the companies.

Business - MarketWatch - 2 days ago

Suzy Lamplugh murder suspect dies in prison

John Cannan was serving a life sentence for the murder of Bristol woman Shirley Banks.

Imprisoned Belarus activist who was a symbol of defiance hasn't been heard from for months

The last time any of Maria Kolesnikova’s family had contact with the imprisoned Belarusian opposition activist was more than 18 months ago

World - ABC News - October 15

Steve Bannon is in prison, but Trump is using his 'flood the zone' media strategy

Steve Bannon's strategy of flooding the media with misinformation and lies is being used by Donald Trump in the 2024 election, drowning out important issues and facts in favor of spin and ...

Politics - The Hill - October 14

Voters consider ban on forced labor aimed at protecting prisoners

California and Nevada voters will decide in November if they want to ban forced prison labor by removing language from their state constitutions rooted in the legacy of chattel slavery

A Saudi cartoonist has been sentenced to 23 years in prison, activists say

A Saudi cartoonist who once drew for a Qatari newspaper as a yearslong diplomatic crisis engulfed Doha has been sentenced to 23 years in prison

World - ABC News - October 15

Prison gangs: ‘I've chopped people, attacked staff, hidden drugs’

The BBC finds gang warfare in jails is rife, and lack of space makes it difficult to keep rivals apart.

South Carolina man sentenced to life in prison for murder of Black transgender woman

A South Carolina man was sentenced to life in prison Thursday for the murder of a Black transgender woman. In February, a jury convicted Daqua Lameek Ritter for the 2019 killing of Dime Doe on all ...

Politics - The Hill - October 18

Ukraine and Russia Swap 95 Prisoners of War on Each Side

World - Yahoo News - October 19

José Rubén Zamora Will Leave Prison After Nearly Two Years

The case against José Rubén Zamora became a sign of crumbling democracy in Guatemala and a symbol of threats against press freedom across Latin America.

World - The New York Times - October 20

Psychologist behind controversial "Stanford Prison Experiment" dies at 91

Stanford University says the psychologist behind the controversial "Stanford Prison Experiment" has died.

Collapse of construction group ISG halts urgent work on UK prisons

Crucial improvements at 48 sites to tackle issues such as drug use and overcrowding now in doubt

Business - Financial Times - October 20

Victims' families remember Nazi ship sunk with prisoners on board

The Cap Arcona, a Nazi ship, was attacked by British Royal Air Force planes near the end of World War II. Thousands of prisoners died as the ship sank in the horrific and little-known disaster.

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